Ms. Jammie Thomas-Rasset has been ordered to pay $1.92 million
dollars to record companies associated with the RIAA because she had
24 illegal copies of songs on her computer that she was sharing with
others.  While most folks will probably think that such a heavy award
is ridiculous, and will probably ruin the life of the defendant in
this case, the RIAA could not be more pleased, and intends to repeat
the process against numerous others who have been fingered as having
infringed upon music copyrights.

  One artist who was involved because a song of his was included as
one of the 24 is Richard Marx, and he has issued a statement blasting
the recording industry and the RIAA for their actions.

  Steve


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